A rebel pensioner from Sussex will feature on a new TV documentary next week.

Victor Causabon-Vincent is one of a growing number of pensioners who have been made the subject of antisocial behaviour orders (asbos).

The 73-year-old retired engineer was given an asbo last year for making his neighbours' lives a misery.

They told how he threatened and harassed them during a long-running dispute about access across land alongside his bungalow home at Hillrise Avenue, Sompting.

He was ordered to behave himself for two years or face being jailed for up to five years if he breached his asbo.

The pensioner was also jailed last year for smashing the windscreens of cars at his doctors' surgery in Sompting.

He refused to see officials for a pre-sentence report saying he would rather go to prison than co-operate with "plonkers" from probation. Judge Tim Pattinson told him his refusal left him no alternative but to jail him for 28 days.

A new Sky One documentary, OAPs On Asbos, follows several pensioners who have been taken to court because of their behaviour.

The programme was made for Sky One by production company Folio and filmed Victor Causabon-Vincent at home and during an appearance at Chichester Crown Court.

Lee Robson, of BskyB, said: "Asbos were brought in by politicians to deal with wayward teenagers, vandals and petty criminals. Now they are being used to take a firm grip of out-of-control senior citizens.

"Victor has been to prison many times to defend the land where he keeps a collection of old cars. The police are regular visitors and he will shout abuse at anyone who gets in his way. But beneath his gruff exterior there is an intelligent man who admits taking on all-comers keeps him young."

The programme also features a 66-year-old Londoner who insists on trying to enforce his own parking laws on neighbours. His favourite trick is to flypost their windscreens claiming he is only interested in improving road safety.

Mr Robson said: "This is a light-hearted look at a serious problem in a series of funny and compelling true stories.

"The documentary reveals the anger and frustration of the victims, the embarrassment of the pensioners' families and the exasperation of the authorities who deal with them."

The programme is due to be screened on Sky One on Monday at 9pm.